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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

June 1857

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Lunar month 531Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGrain in Ear6Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 57Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 58Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 59Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 510Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 511Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 512Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 513Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 514Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 515Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 516Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 517Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 518Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 519Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 520Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSummer Solstice21Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 522Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 523Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 524Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 525Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 526Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 527Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 528Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 529Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 530Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 51Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 52Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 53Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 54Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 55Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 56Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Heat7Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 58Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 59Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 510Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 511Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, June 7, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 五月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Grain Buds

    Thu

    1857-05-21

    Passed 17 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1857-06-07

    Since the previous term: 17 days

  3. Summer Solstice

    Sun

    1857-06-21

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Heat

    Tue

    1857-07-07

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

芒种 → 夏至

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙午

五月十六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementHang a signboardConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleBreak groundSet a bedConstruction

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Build a stoveMove the hearthMake an offeringMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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